Kieron Pollard As Captain Of West Indies Is Right Step : Brain Lara
Mumbai: Selection of Kieron Pollard as the captain of West Indies limited over is the step taken in the right direction by the country’s cricketing board says former Captain Brain Lara.
ESPN Cricinfo quoted Lara saying, “He has got some good experience. I also believe that a captain is as good as his team and the people who really support him. And I believe that he will get the support, that’s half of your job done.”
“Practically, he has played cricket all around the world, he will understand what needs to be done. So it is not a bad decision. If he is committed to West Indies cricket for a long period of time, it is a step in the right sort of direction and let’s see how it goes,” he added.
Further, he also gave his opinion as to what the team is required to do to become successful in the longest format of the game.
“We came off about six months ago a win against England in the West Indies which was very promising. So you expected the team to maybe follow on after that. But there were a lot of one-day cricket and different things happening over the last five-six months with almost the same players. So the attrition level is something the West Indies cricket board and the management will have to see if they can solve that because some of the cricketers are understanding the shorter version of the game but the longer version they’re missing some key elements,” Lara said.
“I think first we have got to get back to playing good and competitive first-class cricket in the Caribbean where the guys spend time in the middle as batsmen, bowlers bowl long spells and see if we can work from there,” he added.
West Indies was recently defeated by India 0-2 in the two-match series and the side is currently placed at the eighth position in the ICC team rankings.
West Indies will next take on Afghanistan in India in three T20Is, three ODIs, and one Test. After the series against Afghanistan, the team from the Caribbean will take on India in a limited-over series.
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